Fire-place



UNITEDA STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHNSON H'. BEAED, OE PROVIDENCE, KENTUCKY.

Pme-PLAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part `of LetterslatentNo. 224,129, dated February 3,1880. y

` Application filed July 2, ,1879.

To all whom t ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, JOHNSON H. BEARD, of Providence, in the county .of Webster and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Fire-Place, of which the following is a specication.

The object of my invention is to provide a portable iire-place that will be self-supporting 'when it is set up, and does not require any i provided so that the hearth-plate can -be made .Y as

very light, but yet have suicient' strength. e e f f d dare the holes intoxwhich the hooks or pins of the dierent parts lit, as `will, be hereinafter described.

F is the back plate, made of cast-iron, and of such size and form as to give a good draft. 1t is provided with .two or Inorehooks, ff, which take in. the holes -f j". D is the lireplace front, made of sheet or cast metal, and has a large opening, O, and is provided with four or more hooks, d d, which take in the holes d d in the hearth-plate A.

E E are the jambs, one on each side of the grate, and provided with the hooks e ands.

VThe hooks e take in ,the holes e ekin .the

hearth-plate A, and the hooks s take in the holes sin the back` plate. The replace front D is secured to the jambs by means of the screws K K.

H H are the front longitudinal -bars of the grate,l and fit into the notches N and P in the jambs E E. G Gare the cross-bars of the grate, and rest on thelower bar, H, and on the rear cross-bar, H.

other object.

C is the folding fender, provided with the hinges M M at the corners, and with the pins o c at the ends ofthe side pieces. These pins fit into the holes c c in the fire-place front D. Y The fire-place is set up in the following maunerfrThe back'plate, F, is set up first by passing the hooks ffinto the holes f' f',- then'the jambs are placed in position by pass-l 'ing the hooks e e into the holes e o in the yhearth-plate and the hooks vs s vinto holes s s in the back plate,F. Next the grate is se,- cured by resting the ends of the bars H H in the notches N and P.` ,The lire-place front is then set up by -passing the hooks d d d d into the holes d' d d d( in the hearth-plate A and uniting it with4 the jambs E E by means of the screws .K K. The fender is then secured by passing the pins c c into the holes c o.in the fire-place front D. All parts are thus well fastened to each "other, and cannot inove or shake, and the tire-place now stands firm and secure, and need notbe supported by any By a reversal of these steps it can be taken apart4 and laid away until again required;

The'hearth-plate, tire-board, and fender can be used without the other parts for wood-lires.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the hearth-plate A, provided with holes d d' e' e f f', and of fireplace front D, having two or more pins', d, of back plate, F, having pins f, and of jambs E, having pins e e and ss, as and for the purpose set forth. g l

JOHNSON H. BEAED.

l `Witnesses:

T. B. PAYNE, NAT. SMITH. 

